Refresh. Reset. Redesign.

When I came back from holiday I struggled to get back into the routine of blogging. I also found myself being extra busy at work as we were launching a year long project and on top of that I was moving rooms. I tried to keep blogging but between working longer hours and packing my many, many clothes I really struggled. I decided to take a mini break from my blog and Twitter until things got back to ‘normal’. Unfortunately that ‘mini break’ rolled out into two whole months! I have really missed blogging and wanted to come back sooner, but decided to wait until I had redesigned my blog- something I had been meaning to do for quite a while!

I searched for templates but I already had a design in mind and the templates just weren’t quite right for me. I wasn’t all that familiar with the code Blogger uses either so found it hard to completely overhaul any of the templates to match up to my idea. I decided to design and code it myself completely from scratch. It was pretty scary hitting ‘select all’ then ‘delete’ on my blog’s code but I needed to start with a blank canvas so that I could really learn what each part does. I wanted a simple, clean design with my favourite colour of the moment- duck egg blue. This is the colour scheme of my new room so it just seemed to make sense to incorporate it onto my blog. I’ve added a top menu so that you can easily browse my blog by the different categories. I’ve also added ‘features’ to the sidebar so that you follow the different series I do.

There are still some fixes and changes I need to do here and there, but I hope you like what I’ve done here. I hope you’ll rejoin me on my blogging journey- thank you so much for sticking with me even when I haven’t been blogging!

14 Comments

  1. October 18, 2013 / 10:57 am

    yay, you’re back blogging!!! I missed you! :) Love the new design!

  2. October 18, 2013 / 1:01 pm

    Sometimes you need a break! Great to see you back though, the design looks fab x

  3. Olivia Law
    October 18, 2013 / 3:54 pm

    Glad to see you back! ox

  4. M Adeniyi
    October 18, 2013 / 4:38 pm

    I love the new layout and don’t feel guilty about taking a break. You need one from time to time.

    Mary

    popgoesfashion.com

    x

  5. October 18, 2013 / 4:36 pm

    Looks gorgeous, I can’t wait to see some more posts from you! x

    Maddy from UNSTITCHEDD 

  6. October 18, 2013 / 9:22 pm

    I think your new layout looks great! Love the colour.

  7. October 19, 2013 / 3:18 pm

    It looks great! Very sleek and professional. Welcome back to blogging! I too have been very busy recently and am missing blogging :(

    OutsideBeautyInsideHealth

    • October 20, 2013 / 10:41 pm

      Thank you hun! Hope your move has all gone OK & you’ve settled into your new job! xx

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